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  • 1950-1970
    • Graham Greene: The End of the Affair
    • Alexander Baron: Rosie Hogarth
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    • Kevin FitzGerald: Trouble in West Two
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    • E.R. Braithwaite: To Sir, with Love
    • Lynne Reid Banks: The L-Shaped Room
    • Colin MacInnes: Mr Love and Justice
    • Colin Wilson: Ritual in the Dark
    • Colin Wilson: Adrift in Soho
    • Terry Taylor: Baron's Court, All Change
    • Laura Del-Rivo: The Furnished Room
    • Robert Poole: London E1
    • Len Deighton: The Ipcress File
    • Alexander Baron: The Lowlife
    • B.S. Johnson: Albert Angelo
    • Waguih Ghali: Beer in the Snooker Club
    • Anthony Cronin: The Life of Riley
  • 1970 on
    • Kamala Markandaya: The Nowhere Man
    • Lionel Davidson: The Chelsea Murders
    • J.M. O'Neill: Duffy is Dead
    • Martin Amis: London Fields
    • Hanif Kureishi: The Buddha of Suburbia
    • Nigel Williams: The Wimbledon Poisoner
    • Peter Ackroyd: The Plato Papers
    • Monica Ali: Brick Lane
    • Naomi Alderman: Disobedience
    • Jonathan Kemp: London Triptych
    • Martin Amis: Lionel Asbo
    • Zadie Smith: NW
    • Paula Hawkins: The Girl on the Train
    • Kamila Shamsie: Home Fire
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London Fictions: 1970 on

The most recent London fictions - we are looking for contributors writing on, among other titles -

.    Kamala Markandaya, The Nowhere Man, 1972 - posted

.     Lionel Davidson, The Chelsea Murders, 1978 - posted 

·    Maureen Duffy, Londoners: an elegy, 1983


.    J.M. O'Neill, Duffy is Dead, 1987 - posted

.    Martin Amis, London Fields, 1989 - posted

·    Hanif Kureishi, The Buddha of Suburbia, 1990 - posted

.    Nigel Williams, The Wimbledon Poisoner, 1990 - posted

·    Courttia Newland, Society Within, 1999

·     Peter Ackroyd, The Plato Papers, 1999 - posted


·       Zadie Smith, White Teeth, 2000 - being written

.      Chris Petit, The Hard Shoulder, 2001 - being written

·     Iain Banks, Dead Air, 2002 - being written

.      Monica Ali, Brick Lane, 2003 - posted

·      Naomi Alderman, Disobedience, 2006 - posted

·      Diana Evans, The Wonder, 2009  

.     Jonathan Kemp, London Triptych, 2010 - posted

.    John Lanchester, Capital, 2012

.     Martin Amis, Lionel Asbo, 2012 - posted

.    Zadie Smith, NW, 2012 - posted

.    Paula Hawkins, The Girl on the Train, 2015 - posted

.    Kamila Shamsie, Home Fire, 2017 - posted

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